A month or more ago, I came across a posting on Kboards.com from George Donnelly calling for submissions to an anthology of flash fiction he was building for a September release. I decided to throw two of my pieces — Heartland Hike and Tiny Trophies — into...

Writing prompts and other writing exercises have enjoyed a surge in popularity over the last several years as more and more of us have begun to embrace the idea that we want or need to share our words with the world. After all, it’s not always easy to...

Reading and telling stories has been a popular family and cultural activity for thousands of years, and its’ one of the primary ways that we pass our histories and values from generation to generation. But storytelling is not just for readers and listeners,...

What’s the scariest part about writing? Ask a thousand writers, and, well, you’ll get a lot of different answers. But it’s a pretty good bet that one bogeyman will rise to the top: the blank page. If you’ve ever hunkered down to write a term...

Cooperstown noun | Coo·pers-town | \ˈkü-pərz-ˈtau̇n\ : A village in, and the county seat of, Otsego County, New York : Childhood and adult home of author James Fenimore Cooper (not the town’s founder) : Home of inventor and painter Samuel F. B. Morse, aka...

The New Year is a time of reflection and hope, but also a time when many of us set unrealistic self-expectations for the new year. The truth is, though, that most people fail miserably in keeping their New Year’s resolutions. As a writer, that can be disastrous...

Words to Write By

Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer.